The Innocent: A Myth

"I was eaten, plain and simple. It felt like being burned alive, like every cell in my body was exploding. Then everything stopped—my breathing, my pain, my heart. . ."

Alexa Wyndham is a painfully sheltered girl from Brooklyn with a mysterious past. She is an innocent in every sense of the word, her views of the world formed through the lens of the poetry and literary novels she reads. Now on her own in college in Manhattan, she finds the big, bad city is just waiting to devour her. When she goes out with friends on Valentine’s Day, a stunning kiss from a stranger is her introduction to this new and dangerous world. Her would be lover is after her flesh. It contains a most powerful transformative energy, and the supernatural creatures of the city are willing to do anything for a taste of it.

Alexa’s only hope of survival is the powerful Lord of New York City, medieval knight Cristien LaRoche. Unfortunately, he has killed every woman he has ever been with. He will be damned if helps Alexa and damned if he doesn't. Even if he can save her once, or save her a hundred times from those who seek her power, he still won’t be able to protect her from her deadly destiny.

Inspired by the myth of Cupid and Psyche and the novel Jane Eyre the Innocent follows the harrowing path of Alexa and Cristien as they trade quips and quotes from literary greats, chase and lose love, forgive and do the unforgivable, betray and are betrayed, until finally one will come face to face with the white light and the other his darkest nightmare.

Together, Alexa and Cristien will have to answer the question, “Is Love stronger than Death?”

The Innocent is a breathtakingly passionate, lyrical novel about the often treacherous, sometimes exhilarating, and every now and again funny path that leads to true love. "More than Just a Romance!" Goodread's Reviewer "Written more like a 19th Century novel," Amazon Reviewer "Beautiful!" Goodread's Reviewer "I couldn't put it down!" Amazon Reviewer